u/Newcon777

I was scrolling through reddit and found out there is a community of people who wanna join tiss undergrad, here's my 2 cents - DO NOT JOIN.

TISS has a name in PG but they absolutely don't care about their UG students.

To begin with, this course doesn't even have a dedicated building. For a programme that keeps expanding its student intake and course offerings, the infrastructure is nowhere close to adequate. The administration keeps advertising it as a unique, one-of-a-kind programme, yet there isn't even a proper technical faculty to teach an analytics degree. That alone defeats the entire purpose of calling it an analytical major.

The fees for this course are exorbitant, but there is little to show for them. Instead of investing in resources that actually benefit students, the institution seems more concerned with allocating budgets for faculty purchases like laptops and SSDs. As students, we're constantly left wondering where our fees are actually going. What's even more frustrating is that, despite being an analytics programme, we don't have access to basic infrastructure such as local servers or cloud GPU resources required for machine learning work.

The neglect extends to software as well. Essential tools like MATLAB, Tableau, and JIRA—software that should be central to the curriculum—are either not provided at all or are barely integrated into the programme because of the lack of technical faculty. ArcGIS is provided only as a one-month trial, which is completely unreasonable for a course where students are expected to build practical skills over several semesters. We are taught these tools but aren't even given the means to continue using them for assignments, research, or personal projects.

Placements were one of the biggest reasons many students chose this programme. However, every time students raise concerns about placements, the response from faculty is the same: "You enrolled here to study, not for placements." That attitude is incredibly frustrating, especially considering the amount we pay in fees. To make matters worse, the placement committee for the senior-most batch wasn't even constituted. When students tried to take matters into their own hands and initiate placement efforts, they were met with remarks like, "If your classmates are happy studying, why are you so concerned about placements?" It's difficult to understand how a university can promote employability while simultaneously refusing to take any responsibility for it.

The same dismissive attitude shows up whenever students try to discuss hostel-related issues. Concerns are brushed aside instead of being addressed, leaving students feeling unheard and ignored.

Academically, things aren't much better. Several subjects that rely on guest faculty don't even complete the prescribed 30 teaching hours as per UGC guidelines. Lectures are frequently scheduled at the last minute toward the end of the semester with little or no notice, making it nearly impossible to plan or learn in a structured way. Instead of a well-organized academic experience, students are left dealing with constant uncertainty.

Even the academic calendar feels unreliable. Deadlines change unexpectedly, schedules are revised without adequate notice, and students who have already booked travel tickets to return home often end up losing money because of sudden changes. These are not isolated incidents—they've become a recurring pattern.

The most disappointing part is that everything seems to depend entirely on individual faculty members rather than any institutional system. There is virtually no accountability from the administration. Student feedback is routinely ignored, concerns are acknowledged but rarely acted upon, and students are expected to simply adjust to whatever happens. For an institution with the reputation that TISS carries, this level of mismanagement is deeply disappointing and, frankly, damages its own credibility.

After spending years in this programme, it's incredibly frustrating to see the gap between what was promised and what was actually delivered. Prospective students deserve to know what they're signing up for before making such a significant financial and academic commitment.

(used ai for better flow)

To the newly admitted batch, how has the first week been ?

Views from a TISS BSASS student (trigger warning)

Rohtak PI dates out!